Day 3 Monday 12/6/6 End To End
I hate Exmoor. It may have very pretty villages, thatched cottages, cute fords but it has huge hills. At the the top of the first one which went on for miles I had my Buster Keaton moment - on meeting Richard at the top I said "you are never going to believe this, but I found that hard" and promptly fell off my bike! Now one of us found this very funny whilst the other has been moaning about a sore wrist ever since.
Revenge is sweet however as when we checked our fastest speed at the bottom of Exmoor I had beaten Richard by 0.1 of a mph at 41.5mph ( I told you it was high). He spent the rest of the day vainly trying to get the record back. He has no chance until we get to the Pennines.
Now someone is taking the mickey. From the bottom of Exmoor you then go up the Quantock Hills. Why did they not join them together? It hurt.
The journey down To Bridgewater was followed by beautiful flat land to Cheddar. I had forgotten what the flat was like. To cap it all Richard had booked us into the Great Western Hotel at a fantastic rate and we spent the night in luxury, great.
Special mention for Ray who has really perfected the pit stops for us. We are greeted with tea, fruit, cakes etc. Just the job to get you fired up for the next leg.
202 miles gone, loads to go.
Ed
I hate Exmoor. It may have very pretty villages, thatched cottages, cute fords but it has huge hills. At the the top of the first one which went on for miles I had my Buster Keaton moment - on meeting Richard at the top I said "you are never going to believe this, but I found that hard" and promptly fell off my bike! Now one of us found this very funny whilst the other has been moaning about a sore wrist ever since.
Revenge is sweet however as when we checked our fastest speed at the bottom of Exmoor I had beaten Richard by 0.1 of a mph at 41.5mph ( I told you it was high). He spent the rest of the day vainly trying to get the record back. He has no chance until we get to the Pennines.
Now someone is taking the mickey. From the bottom of Exmoor you then go up the Quantock Hills. Why did they not join them together? It hurt.
The journey down To Bridgewater was followed by beautiful flat land to Cheddar. I had forgotten what the flat was like. To cap it all Richard had booked us into the Great Western Hotel at a fantastic rate and we spent the night in luxury, great.
Special mention for Ray who has really perfected the pit stops for us. We are greeted with tea, fruit, cakes etc. Just the job to get you fired up for the next leg.
202 miles gone, loads to go.
Ed
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